, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you. That's pretty comprehensive. I'm just going to ask Mari, if I may, about any gaps that are looking to be addressed in Norway. Are you able to find any emerging findings on those gaps and how they should be addressed?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Yes. Thanks, Chair. Thanks, everyone, for appearing today. Could any of you identify whether there is clearly a most effective country at dealing with child poverty and what the key aspects of their approaches are that Welsh Government could learn from? Is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Minister. You've already highlighted the extreme financial pressures that the NHS in Wales is facing, because of the huge real-terms reductions in funding to Wales from the UK Government and the price of inflation. Yesterday, I raised the need for…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
5. What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve health services in north Wales? OQ59912
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. And I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was extremely concerned to read the recent Senedd committee report that stated that Wales's future economic success will be jeopardised if the UK Government doesn't engage and work with the Welsh…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
2. How is the Welsh Government working with the UK Government to deliver post-Brexit regional aid programmes? OQ59911
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Special Measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. As you said, doctors in training have ranked Ysbyty Gwynedd's emergency department as the best place to train in the United Kingdom. That's very much welcome, but what assurance have you had that this sort of example…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 10
Okay, thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 10
Great, thank you. Just finally from me, on possible amendments to the existing legislation, are you considering amendments based on what advisers have been able to tell you, and again, what sort of time frame might you be working to in regard to amending the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 10
Thank you. That's really helpful. I think, based on what you've outlined, the committee might want to consider whether we ask further questions of Women's Aid about the extent of their aspirations for extending the 'ask and act' duty and the time frame for…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 10
Thank you, Chair, and thank you so much, Minister. I'm going to ask some questions about the implementation of the Act. To begin with, data is being shared with us about the number of professionals who have completed training, but attending a training session…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you. Thanks, Minister. Thanks, Chair, that's all from me.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, that's really helpful. At our request you've provided information about the transformation of children's services delivery group and its ministerial oversight board. Now, do their remits relate to care-experienced children alone or a much wider…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
That's really helpful to know that the Government is committed to consulting further on this is an important point.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Okay. If the Children's Commissioner for England determines that care experience should be a protected characteristic, how do you think Wales would respond to that? Because, obviously, if it was accepted by the UK Government, England would then be…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thanks. I'm going to move on to protected characteristics. I understand—correct me if I'm wrong—that the Children's Commissioner for England is currently consulting on making care experience a protected characteristic, because it apparently meets the three…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Sure.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you. Thanks very much. I'm going to move on now to legislation. I know that, Minister, you're keen to explain the pressure that the Government's under, but in our view, and I'm sure that you'll agree, the care system falls drastically below what any of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you. Sorry, Albert.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Is it all right, before Albert comes in, to just ask the point? Yes, so, is it the case—I think it is, from what I'm hearing—that the problem is actually with the communication of what is being done rather than with the substance and the ambition of what's…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Yes. Sorry, I was going to ask Albert actually this very—. Can I just—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Yes, thanks, Chair, and, thanks, Minister, for your responses so far. I'm just going to ask some questions about the evidence base and the ambition that accompanies Welsh Government's declaration that it wishes to see radical reform. Your written response has…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, that is hugely relieving for the people of Wales and, thankfully, it's in no small part due to the huge sums of money that the Welsh Labour Government has invested in the twenty-first century schools programme. First Minister, given that the…
